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JARABANOO FIROZ SHAH MOOSversusANDHRA PRADESH CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST ASSOCIATION, HYDERABAD AND ORS.

Citation
1995 INSC 502
Decided
25 August 1995
Disposal
Disposed off

Holding

The Court may correct typographical errors in a judgment by modifying the relevant part of the order to reflect the intended decision, without altering the rest of the order.

Summary

In Civil Appeal No. 279 of 1987, the Supreme Court noted that the order passed in the main appeal contained typographical errors. An application was filed seeking modification of the erroneous part of that order to prevent further litigation. The Court examined whether such clerical mistakes could be corrected without a fresh hearing. It held that the Court may amend the specific portion of the order to reflect the intended judgment, provided the rest of the order remains unchanged. Accordingly, the relevant part of the order was rewritten to clarify the award of Rs. 10,000 and interest, while the remainder of the original order was left intact. The application for modification was allowed and the appeal was disposed of.

Issues considered

  • Whether typographical mistakes in a judicial order can be corrected by the Court without a fresh hearing.
  • Whether such correction constitutes a permissible modification of the original order.

Subjects

typographical errororder modificationspecific performancefraudcivil appellate jurisdictionjudgment amendment

Judgment

A                    JARABANOO FIROZ SHAH MOOS
                                          v.
    ANDHRA PRADESH CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST ASSOCIATION,
                 HYDERABAD AND ORS.

                                AUGUST 25, 1995
B
                [K. RAMASWAMY AND B.L. HANSARIA, JJ.]

                      '
         Appeal-Typographical mistake-Modification of order in main appeal.

         A.fl application was filed for modification of the order passed in the
c   main appeal.

          Disposing the application, this Court

          HELD : Some typographical mistakes had crept in the order passed
D in the main appeal. To avoid further litigation between the parties it is
    hereby directed that the relevant part of the said order be modified in
    terms of the order passed in this application. The remaining part of the
    order would remain as it is. [94-G; 95-E]

          CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION : I.A. No. 3.
E
                                          IN

          Civil Appeal No. 279 of 1987.

         From the Judgment and Order dated 23.10.86 of the Andhra Pradesh
p   High Court in C.C.C.A. No. l of 1977.

          S.V. Deshpande for the Appellant.

          The following Order of the Court was delivered :

G         This court on September 14, 1994 passed an order in the mam
    appeal, viz., C.A. No. 279 of 1987. As some typographical mistakes had
    crept in the said order and to avoid further litigation between the parties,
    we hereby direct the relevant part of the said order to be modified and
    read as under :

H           "This appeal by Special Leave arises from the Judgment of the
                                      94
                   J.F.S. MOOS v. A.P. CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST ASSN.                  95

                  Division Bench of the High Court of A.P. in Civil Appeal N0.1/77. A
                  The appeal of the respondent-Association was allowed by the High
                  Court. The Trial Court dismissed the suit of the Association for
                  specific performance of the agreement dated July 26, 1967, agree-
                  ing to convey the property bearing No. 5-9-262, Hyderabad. From
                  the averments of the appellant herself, it is clear that the agreement
                                                                                         B
                  was for Rs. 2,42,000 but she came to know that the consideration
                  was shown in the agreement at Rs. 2,10,000. In consequence, she
                  lost Rs. 20,000 as she contended that the agreement was vitiated
                  by fraud and that, therefore, the decrees cannot be enforced since
                  the respondents were parties to the fraud. We find no force in the
                  contention. At best it is not the case that she did not agree to C
                  execute the agreement. It is also not her case that she did not read
                  the contents of the agreement. Under these circumstances, it
                  cannot be said that there is any fraud played on her. At best it can
                  be said that the appellant is not a consenting party to the actual
                  consideration of Rs. 2,10,000. We give the benefit to the appellant D
                  only to the extent of her share of Rs. 20,000 and the respondents
                  are directed to pay Rs. 10,000 and further a sum of Rs. 20,000
                  towards interest. The order of the High Court is accordingly
                  confirmed with the above modification ...... ".

              The remaining part of the order would remain as it is.                    E
         T.N.A.                                                  Appeal disposed of.




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